Brutal
English
Adjective
Brutal (comparative more Brutal, superlative most Brutal)
- Savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel
- Crude or unfeeling in manner or speech.
- Harsh; unrelenting
- Disagreeably precise or penetrating
- (music, figuratively) In extreme metal, to describe the speed of the music and the density of riffs.
Adverbs for Brutal
abominably; terribly; unspeakably; villainously; systematically; needlessly; inherently;harshly; sharply; savagely; coarsely; ferociously; nefariously; detestably; indecently; obtrusively; ostentatiously; foully; insolently; caustically; venomously; perversely; incorrigibly; inhumanly; cruelly; atrociously; obdurately; truculently; maliciously; intentionally; treacherously; outrageously; ruthlessly; stonily; barbarously; virulently; diabolically; invidiously; blatantly; flagrantly;openly; resolutely.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Related terms
Thesaurus
abominable, abstruse, animal, animalian, animalic, animalistic, anthropophagous, arduous, arrant, atrocious, awful, baneful, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, base, beastlike, beastly, beneath contempt, bestial, bitter, blameworthy, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody-minded, bodily, boorish, brutalized, brute, brutelike, brutish, cannibalistic, carnal, carnal-minded, coarse, cold-blooded, complex, contemptible, crass, critical, crude, cruel, cruel-hearted, deadly, death-bringing, deathful, deathly, delicate, demanding, demoniac, demoniacal, deplorable, despicable, destructive, detestable, devilish, diabolic, difficile, difficult, dire, disgusting, dreadful, dumb, earthy, egregious, enormous, exacting, fallen, fatal, fell, feral, ferine, ferocious, fetid, fiendish, fiendlike, fierce, filthy, flagrant, fleshly, formidable, foul, fulsome, grievous, gross, hairy, hard, hard-earned, hard-fought, harsh, hateful, heartless, heinous, hellish, horrible, horrid, ill-bred, ill-mannered, impolite, inclement, infamous, infernal, inhuman, inhumane, insensitive, instinctive, instinctual, intemperate, internecine, intricate, jawbreaking, kill-crazy, killing, knotted, knotty, laborious, lamentable, lapsed, lethal, loathsome, lousy, malign, malignant, material, materialistic, mean, merciless, mindless, monstrous, mortal, murderous, nasty, nefarious, no picnic, noisome, noncivilized, nonrational, nonspiritual, not easy, notorious, obnoxious, odious, offensive, operose, orgiastic, outlandish, outrageous, pernicious, physical, pitiable, pitiful, pitiless, postlapsarian, primitive, rank, regrettable, remorseless, reprehensible, repulsive, rigorous, rotten, rough, rough-and-ready, rude, rugged, rustic, ruthless, sad, sadistic, sanguinary, sanguineous, satanic, savage, scandalous, schlock, scurvy, set with thorns, severe, shabby, shameful, sharkish, shocking, shoddy, slavering, sordid, spiny, squalid, steep, strenuous, subhuman, swinish, tameless, terrible, thorny, ticklish, toilsome, too bad, tough, tricky, troglodytic, truculent, unchristian, uncivil, uncivilized, unclean, uncombed, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unfeeling, ungentle, unhuman, unkempt, unkind, unlicked, unpolished, unrefined, unspiritual, unsympathetic, untamed, uphill, vicious, vile, villainous, virulent, wicked, wild, woeful, wolfish, worst, worthless, wretched, zoic, zooidal, zoologic
Etymology
From Medieval Latin brutalis (“savage, stupid”) < brūtus (“dull, stupid”).
Translations
Danish
Etymology
From French brutal, from Latin brūtus (“dull, stupid”).
Pronunciation
- IPA: /brutaːl/, [b̥ʁuˈtˢæːˀl]
Adjective
Brutal (neuter brutalt, definite and plural brutale, comparative brutalere, superlative brutalest)
Derived terms
French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin brutalis (“savage, stupid”) < brūtus (“dull, stupid”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
Brutal m. (f. Brutale, m. plural brutaux, f. plural Brutales)
Noun
Brutal m. (plural brutaux; feminine brutale, plural brutales)
- person who acts brutally
Anagrams
German
Etymology
Latin brutalis, from brutus 'dull, stupid'.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /bʀuˈtaːl/
Adjective
Brutal (comparative brutaler, superlative am brutalsten)Synonyms
Antonyms
Related terms
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin brutalis
Adjective
Brutal 4 nom/acc forms
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | Brutal | Brutal | Brutală | Brutali | Brutale | Brutale |
| definite | Brutalul | Brutalul | Brutala | Brutalii | Brutalele | Brutalele | |
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | Brutal | Brutal | Brutale | Brutali | Brutale | Brutale |
| definite | Brutalului | Brutalului | Brutalei | Brutalilor | Brutalelor | Brutalelor | |
Related terms
Spanish
Adjective
Related terms
Swedish
Pronunciation
Adjective
Brutal
Declension
| Inflections of brutal |
Absolute | Comparative | Superlative | ||
| Attributive | Predicative | ||||
| Indefinite singular |
Common | brutal | brutalare | brutalast | |
| Neuter | brutalt | ||||
| Definite singular |
Masc. | brutale | brutalaste | ||
| All | brutala | brutalaste | |||
| Plural | brutala | brutalaste | |||
Related terms
- English adjectives
- En:Music
- English terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Danish terms derived from French
- Danish terms derived from Latin
- Danish adjectives
- French terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Pages with broken file links
- French adjectives
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French countable nouns
- German adjectives
- Romanian terms derived from Latin
- Romanian adjectives
- Swedish adjectives
